The Mixed Lit Library

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152 books

Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country by Tiya Miles, Sharon Patricia Holland

Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country

Tiya Miles, Sharon Patricia Holland

392 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom by Tiya Miles

Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom

Tiya Miles

306 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

The Indian Lake Trilogy #1

Stephen Graham Jones

398 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Loving vs. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell

Loving vs. Virginia

Patricia Hruby Powell

260 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical poetry race young adult emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

470 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo by Jo Koy

Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo

Jo Koy

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California by J.P. Dancing Bear, Manny Moreno, Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez, Judi Brannan Armbruster, E.K. Cooper, Natalie Díaz, Senna Heyatawin, Wendy Rose, Kurt Schweigman, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Shaunna Oteka Mccovey, Kim Shuck, Nanette Bradley Deetz, Alison Hart, Roberta Reyes Cordero, Marlon Sherman, Deborah A. Miranda, Indira Allegra, John Hershman, Sylvia Ross, Sal Martinez, Jewelle L. Gómez, Frank Lapena, Carolyn Dunn, Dave Holt, Janice Gould, Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez, Linda Noel, Stephen Meadows, Lucille Lang Day

Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California

J.P. Dancing Bear, Manny Moreno, Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez, Judi Brannan Armbruster, E.K. Cooper, Natalie Díaz, Senna Heyatawin, Wendy Rose, Kurt Schweigman, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Shaunna Oteka Mccovey, Kim Shuck, Nanette Bradley Deetz, Alison Hart, Roberta Reyes Cordero, Marlon Sherman, Deborah A. Miranda, Indira Allegra, John Hershman, Sylvia Ross, Sal Martinez, Jewelle L. Gómez, Frank Lapena, Carolyn Dunn, Dave Holt, Janice Gould, Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez, Linda Noel, Stephen Meadows, Lucille Lang Day

110 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

When You Trap a Tiger

Tae Keller

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
Quicksand by Nella Larsen, Thadious M. Davis

Quicksand

Nella Larsen, Thadious M. Davis

192 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
My Family is From Different Places by Daria Leavitt

My Family is From Different Places

Daria Leavitt

28 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction childrens race